Associate Dean for Instructional Operations

Full Job Description

GJB-213505 3/26: THIS POSITION IS NON-CLASSIFIED

ACC Careers: Where You Can Move Mountains

Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits one of the oldest community colleges in Colorado, Arapahoe Community College.

With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individualized support, and unwavering commitment to student success, without exception.

Requirements

Job Summary

The Associate Dean of Instructional Operations plays a key leadership role in advancing the mission, vision, and strategic direction of Instruction at Arapahoe Community College, ensuring alignment with the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and its goals.

This highly visible position represents the College to internal and external stakeholders and actively cultivates partnerships that support student success.

The ideal candidate is an experienced, collaborative leader who is recognized by colleagues as an advocate for students and is known for integrity, empathy, humility, and a strong commitment to continuous improvement and lifelong learning.

Working closely with faculty, staff, and students across divisions, the Associate Dean helps shape instructional priorities and contributes to the future direction of academic programs based on emerging needs.

The Associate Dean oversees key operational functions that drive instructional excellence, including strategic schedule production, program development and approval, catalog maintenance, academic plans, academic rooming, and Faculty Load and Compensation (FLAC).

The role serves as liaison between the ACC Curriculum Committee and CCCS, tracking and submitting curriculum changes, and acts as the College’s CTE Director to ensure all career and technical programs comply with state policies and guidelines.

Additionally, the Associate Dean serves as Principal Investigator for the Perkins grant, ensuring strategic and compliant use of funds, and functions as the College’s credentialing officer.

This position supervises the Instructional Operations team—including project, support, scheduling, and administrative staff—and fosters best practices and efficiencies to support high-quality instructional operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support instructional programs to ensure quality, compliance, and alignment with college goals.
• Supervise and develop the Instructional Operations team, including hiring, training, and performance management.
• Oversee core academic operations, including scheduling, catalog updates, rooming, FLAC, and faculty credentialing.
• Manage CTE and Perkins grant compliance, ensuring strategic use of funds and adherence to state and federal requirements.
• Build partnerships and support continuous improvement, including accreditation activities, assessment practices, and community engagement.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field or a bachelor’s degree and two years’ relevant experience may substitute but will not count towards the experience requirement below
• Three years’ relevant experience
• supervisory experience including hiring, training, and evaluating staff
• Demonstrated experience in a teaching & learning environment
• Experience in budget preparation and management
• Familiarity with both General Education (GE) and Career Technical Education (CTE) programs
• Knowledge of trends impacting Career and Technical Education and/or compliance with Perkins legislation

Preferred

• Experience with the accreditation process
• Experience developing schedules and catalogs in education
• Demonstrated knowledge of issues and trends in higher education that affect budgets, policies, student services, tuition models, and instructional strategies
• Experience teaching in a postsecondary environment
• Experience integrating current technology to enhance productivity and facilitate learning
• Demonstrated success in curriculum and program development incorporating adult learning theory
• Extensive experience in developing, maintaining, and strengthening partnerships with external organizations and agencies especially other postsecondary institutions and accreditation/regulatory agencies
• Grant management experience

Additional Information

Application Instructions

All applications must be submitted through our website

https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/arapahoecc

All applicants must submit:

1. Resume
2. Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may haveembeddingequity and inclusion in your work, see below.

At ACC, we seek to hire candidates who are committed to fostering respectful, welcoming, and supportive environments for all individuals.

In your cover letter, please describe how you have worked to create such environments in your current or previous roles, and share what this commitment means to you in your professional practice.

Reach out to us at HRrecruitment@arapahoe.edu if you have any questions.

ACC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.

Notice to all Applicants

• Final candidate will be subject to successful completion of a background check, and, if applicable, a motor vehicle record review.
• Former employees of the Colorado Community College System, or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in their application material.
• Final candidate may be required to submit unofficial transcripts to verify education.
• Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
• Arapahoe Community College participates in E-Verify.
• All ACC employees, except student employees, contribute to Colorado PERA at a fixed percentage of their earnings and do not contribute to Social Security.
• Finalist must be willing to make Colorado their primary workplace.

CCCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Colorado Community College System believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive.

In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

Our Accommodations and Non-Discrimination policies, plus other helpful information, can be found publicly at arapahoe.edu

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Arapahoe Community College provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities on a case-by-case basis.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process or during the course of employment contact Angela Johnson, Executive Director of Human Resources, at (303) 797-5715 or angela.johnson@arapahoe.edu.

For information regarding Arapahoe Community College Security, including Clery Act / Crime Statistics for the campuses and surrounding area, please see the Arapahoe Community College Annual Security Report.

For a hard copy report, please contact the ACC Campus Police Department at (303) 797-5800, campus.police@arapahoe.edu, or Room M2600 at 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80120.